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A former NYPD cop turned private investigator and two Chinese citizens were found guilty Wednesday in a landmark case taking aim at the Chinese government’s illegal efforts to extort dissidents living overseas. The three men played a part in China’s years-long pressure campaign against dissident Xu Jin, a former Wuhan municipal government official, and his family, with McMahon using his ...

A former NYPD cop turned private investigator and two Chinese citizens were found guilty Wednesday in a landmark case taking aim at the Chinese government’s illegal efforts to extort dissidents

Jurors deliberated Thursday in the criminal trial of three men accused of trying to scare a former Chinese official into returning to his homeland.

Jurors are expected to start deliberating Thursday in the criminal trial of three men accused of trying to scare a former Chinese official into returning to his homeland, a scheme that U.S. prosecutors say was orchestrated by Beijing.

During a two-week trial, prosecutors made their case that an American private detective, Michael McMahon, and two Chinese citizens did Beijing’s dirty work.